金山寺位於江蘇省鎮江市，這座今天依然著名的佛寺最初是當地祭拜水神蛇仙的場所。從公元820年代開始，金山佛寺出現，寺內拜佛的活動逐漸成為主流。這個民間拜蛇的場所，逐漸開始拜佛，這個轉變是中唐之後鎮江地區一系列社會變化的結果，闡述這些社會改變，便能大致揭示出鎮江納入王朝行政體系具體過程。 / 金山寺所在的金山，在唐代是一個方圓到一公里的岩石島嶼。這裡祭祀水神蛇仙的記錄，最早可以追述至南朝。在這裡接受祭祀的水神蛇仙中，以白蛇為首位。從隋朝開始，隨著胡商在長江下游經營活動逐漸增加，金山小島上所祭祀的水神，同時融匯了江南本土水神蛇仙信仰和在華胡商的女神信仰兩方面的祭拜傳統。這種不同文化、不同祭祀傳統的融合，是通過商稅逐漸成為中唐王朝的主要經濟來源而逐步形成的。 / 隨著唐玄宗初步確立的運河溝通南北的格局，運河於安史之亂後成為唐帝國的生命線，這一點令位於長江水道與運河水道相交匯的鎮江，以其經濟意義而成為王朝勢力的必爭之地。鎮江的地方官職（唐時稱潤州刺史）也從一個王朝官員畏懼的「凶闕」而一躍成為「望」職，常由宰相兼領。 / 鎮江經濟地位的提升以及朝廷重臣的駐守，令王朝的行政體系高調出現在鎮江，並且引發了朝廷與地方勢力之爭。恰在此時，唐王朝的鹽政令朝廷成功獲得商人以及地方權貴的支持，北方朝廷與鎮江地方社會的衝突，在商人和權貴的介入下，得到了緩和。鎮江社會的結構出現了改變，編戶數量大增。 / 隨著社會結構的轉變，王朝重臣同時成功地將王朝的文化成功地帶到了鎮江。從公元820年代開始，文化在鎮江出現的轉變，對於民間對於王朝的認同來說，是決定性的一步。鎮江的金山寺，不僅通過這種文化認同而被描述成佛寺，並且更成為當地代表北方文化的一個傳播中心。 / 從此之後，金山寺便開始被官員和文人稱為“佛寺。雖然如此，金山島上的水神並沒有消失。這位號稱是白蛇的神靈，以其融匯在華胡商女性水神信仰而由老叟變成美婦。水神祭祀和對佛教的禮拜，在晚唐五代的金山寺中並行不悖，其表現形式，則是以佛教傳統為主導、水神祭祀為輔。晚唐金山寺逐漸成為遠近聞名的佛寺，從這個時候開始，鎮江便完成了其由化外之邦至化內之地的轉變。 / Monastery Jinshan locates in Zhenjiang today. Though it is famous for its Buddhist rituals since 11th century, the monastery was originally a sacred palace for preying Water Gods of Snakes. Since the palace was first being addressed as “Buddhist monastery in mid 820s, the Buddhist tradition was recorded as the dominant one. The conversion from local serpent cult to state Buddhist Religion resulted from a mix of social transformations in Zhenjiang. Therefore, the converting process revealed the process of the place getting incorporated into the state during the transformation period of late Tang Dynasty (AD 618-903). / During Tang Dynasty, Monastery Jinshan sat on a small rocky island in the middle of lower range of Yangzi River. The earliest record of serpent cult in the island could be traced back to late fourth century. Snake White led the pantheons of water gods in Zhenjiang, and the serpent cult in Zhenjing witnessed a profound transformation because of the foreign merchants who traveled around the lower range of Yangzi River in Sui and Tang Dynasties (AD 581-907). The foreign merchants of the time profiled their Water Gods as twin females with impressively young faces. Though Chinese tradition imaged the Snake White as an old man in white suits, the convergence of the two distinct traditions ended up with a popularity of a beautiful Chinese lady of Madam Snake White whom was escorted by the other beautiful maid of Snake Blue. The mixing of the two different traditions revealed the increasingly influential economic status of merchants, especially the foreign traders, after Mid Tang Dynasty. / With the economic importance of merchants was escalating, the canal system also started to work regularly during the final 1.5 centuries in Tang. The canal system physically linked Capital Chang’an with Zhenjiang (addressed as “Runzhou City in Tang) which was the waterway conjunction of Yangzi River and the Great Canal. Since 9th century, the waterway conjunction shed off the negative image of a remote and perilous area and became one of the leading places in the empire. Zhenjiang was then governed directly by the prime ministers during late Tang Dynasty. / The arrival of the prime ministers in Zhenjiang was accompanied with the high-profiled introduction of state administration here, which aroused the confrontation and conflicts between the state and the local. The confrontation was pacified by the newly-established salt policy during the first half of the 9th century. The salt policy ensured the court to gain the support from the local strongmen and merchants. / The cooperation of local strongmen in Zhenjiang made it possible for the state to nurture the cultural environment that appreciated the leadership of Chang’an. The cultural transformation in Zhenjiang started with the establishment of Monastery Jinshan, and the monastery became the venue of demonstrating the cultural trend in the state. / Though Monastery Jinshan was shaped as a local authority of Buddhism, the serpent cult died hard in the island. Both Buddha and Snake White were prayed in the Jinshan, with Buddha as the higher god. The authority of Monastery Jinshan was finally constituted in 870s, indication the finalization of the incorporation. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 陳越溪. / "2012年6月". / "2012 nian 6 yue". / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-125). / Electronic reproduction. 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Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract in Chinese and English. / Chen Yuexi. / Chapter 第一章 --- 緒論 --- p.1 / Chapter 第二章 --- 來自金山的“江心鏡 --- p.12 / Chapter 1、 --- 來自鎮江的進奉 --- p.12 / Chapter 2、 --- 唐代的五月初五 --- p.19 / Chapter 第三章 --- 祭祀中心與藥市 --- p.24 / Chapter 1、 --- 金山是水神祭祀中心 --- p.24 / Chapter 2、 --- 鎮江的藥市 --- p.31 / Chapter 第四章 --- 金山上的水神 --- p.35 / Chapter 1、 --- 壯麗的水神廟 --- p.35 / Chapter 2、 --- 水神是蛇仙 --- p.36 / Chapter 3、 --- 水神：老叟還是美婦？ --- p.38 / Chapter 4、 --- 水神從男性變為女性 --- p.40 / Chapter 第六章 --- 運河 --- p.48 / Chapter 1、 --- 政之不行 --- p.48 / Chapter 2、 --- 地方勢力 --- p.49 / Chapter 3、 --- 潤州新進士 --- p.51 / Chapter 4、 --- 潤州新刺史齊濣 --- p.52 / Chapter 5、 --- 運河之利 --- p.57 / Chapter 6、 --- 施政不易 --- p.58 / Chapter 7、 --- 再看唐明皇守城門樓 --- p.61 / Chapter 第七章 --- 拜佛 --- p.64 / Chapter 1、 --- 僧蛇之鬭 --- p.65 / Chapter 2、 --- 顯貴移民：練湖的勝利 --- p.69 / Chapter 第八章 --- 金山名日新 --- p.76 / Chapter 1、 --- 唐朝的鹽商 --- p.76 / Chapter 2、 --- 金山名日新 --- p.82 / Chapter 3、 --- 馬祖玄素和護航寶塔 --- p.84 / Chapter 4、 --- 宰相命輪 --- p.93 / Chapter 第九章 --- 寺成 --- p.94 / Chapter 1、 --- 處心積慮的李德裕 --- p.94 / Chapter 2、 --- 削弱水神蛇仙的影響力 --- p.100 / Chapter 3、 --- 德裕努力的成功 --- p.102 / Chapter 4、 --- 漕路通了 --- p.105 / Chapter 5、 --- 金山寺成 --- p.107 / Chapter 第十章 --- 結論 --- p.115

Liu Agnes Tat Fong. / "June 1999." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-237). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

In the Ming dynasty, Ming Taizu had restructured county society by the lijia system, in which the sacrificial organization lishe was incorporated to help maintain social morality and social order. This reform in Hongwu era had influenced Zezhou country in some aspects but the influence did not last. From mid-Ming times on, cunshe, symbolized by the cult of the spirits and the she temple, substituted the lishe as the basic community organization in the countryside again. At the same time, the gentry had become increasingly important in local society. To meet the challenges from commercialization and social mobility, the gentry tried lineage reconstruction in the countryside but they seem not to have been successful as they had desired. They also attempted to reform the organization and the function of cunshe to practice Confucian doctrines in the country. The gentry's compromise with the cunshe in time allowed the cunshe to improve its authority in social affairs. / The gentry of Zezhou and their families, with great success in civil service examinations, became local heroes and saviors during the rebellious and chaotic Ming-Qing transition. In the mid-Qing, they declined service to the government and local society while cunshe became much more active and powerful in country life. Changes in fiscal and tax policies brought changes to local administrations as well. Cunshe, as a non-official system in the rural area, came to control more and more village affairs. In the last years of the Qing dynasty, cunshe had actually become a local self-government organization and was authorized by the county government in various degrees. / The history of cunshe in Zezhou reveals the close relationship between the cult of she and social integration in the rural area. Cunshe there was both a religious and a territorial organization. Its architectural structure also provided a public space for the community. The long interaction among the state, gentry and cunshe in Zezhou gives a typical example of traditional administration in rural China. Religion and cult in a community worked alongside formal institutions of the state for the control of local populace. / Zezhou, at the southern end of Taihang Mountain in the southeast of Shanxi province, has a long history of agricultural civilization. Spirits related to rain-praying were popularly worshipped in localities. When the North Song dynasty made its capital at Kaifeng, Zezhou became much nearer to the political center of the state than before. Official awarding of titles to the local spirits and regulating the sub-county administrative units were two main policies that the government had employed to control local society. These policies were effective in Zezhou. Some changes were obvious in the villages: the sacrificial offerings to the earth god in the village altar every spring and autumn were replaced by the offering to the rain spirits in the village shrine. Villages around the new shrines or temples were organized by this new cult in addition to sub-county level government arrangement. Cunshe (territorial sacrificial association) became the basic social organization outside the family in the countryside. The wars between nomadic and Han regimes in north China broke the lineages in Song times. The Jin and Yuan reigns that followed the Song relied on the cunshe to form the basis of its local administration. / 杜正贞. / 論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2005. / 參考文獻(p. 286-295). / Adviser: Hung-lam Chu. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-01, Section: A, page: 0296. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts also in English. / School code: 1307. / Lun wen (Zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2005. / Can kao wen xian (p. 286-295). / Du Zhengzhen.

張小軍. / 論文(博士)--香港中文大學人類學學部, 1997. / 參考文獻: p. 287-301. / Available also through the Internet via Dissertations & theses @ Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Zhang Xiaojun. / Lun wen (Bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue ren lei xue xue bu, 1997. / Can kao wen xian: p. 287-301.

Wu, Huanyu. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-170). / Abstracts in English and Chinese; includes Chinese. / Illustrations --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter 1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1. --- Research Question --- p.4 / Chapter 2. --- Literature Review --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- "Theoretical Background: Tradition, Modernity, and Social Change" --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2. --- Research Perspective: Food studies --- p.11 / Chapter 2.3. --- Utsat Studies --- p.15 / Chapter 3. --- Methodology --- p.17 / Chapter 4. --- Chapter Organization --- p.21 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- An Islamic History of Utsat --- p.22 / Chapter 1. --- Arabian-Persian Merchants --- p.22 / Chapter 2. --- Champa Immigrants --- p.27 / Chapter 3. --- Mainland Muslims --- p.32 / Chapter 3.1 --- The Pu (蒲）Lineage --- p.33 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Hai （海） Lineage --- p.37 / Chapter 3.3 --- The Book of Utsat Genealogies (《通屯宗谱全书》) --- p.39 / Chapter 3.4 --- Some Observations --- p.42 / Chapter 4. --- Being Hui --- p.47 / Chapter 5. --- Summary and Analysis --- p.54 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- The Contemporary Utsat Community --- p.57 / Chapter 1. --- Location and Demography --- p.57 / Chapter 2. --- The Local Religious Practice --- p.58 / Chapter 2.1 --- The Mosques --- p.58 / Chapter 2.2 --- Core Duties and Beliefs --- p.61 / Chapter 3. --- Education --- p.65 / Chapter 3.1 --- Religious Education --- p.65 / Chapter 3.2 --- Secular Education --- p.66 / Chapter 4. --- Kinship and Communal Interaction --- p.70 / Chapter 5. --- Tourism and the Local Economy --- p.74 / Chapter 6. --- Summary --- p.76 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- Qingzhen and Islamic Food Laws --- p.78 / Chapter 1. --- The Meaning of Qingzhen --- p.78 / Chapter 2. --- Qingzhen and Islamic Foodways --- p.81 / Chapter 3. --- The Utsat Understanding of qingzhen --- p.86 / Chapter 3.1 --- Our Hui Food --- p.87 / Chapter 3.2 --- Ethnic Food --- p.100 / Chapter 4. --- Summary --- p.104 / Chapter Chapter 5: --- Tourism and Law-breaking Behaviors --- p.105 / Chapter 1. --- The Development of Sanya Tourism --- p.105 / Chapter 1.1 --- A General Background --- p.105 / Chapter 1.2 --- Making a Fortune: A Success Story of an Utsat woman --- p.109 / Chapter 1.3 --- "Islam, Gender, and Social Change" --- p.113 / Chapter 2. --- The Changing Utsat Foodways --- p.115 / Chapter 2.1 --- Lawful Ways of Changing --- p.115 / Chapter 2.2 --- Law-breaking Behaviors --- p.125 / Chapter 3. --- Summary & Discussion --- p.149 / Chapter Chapter 6: --- Conclusion --- p.152 / Chapter 1. --- The Nature of Utsat Social Change --- p.152 / Chapter 2. --- Reflections on the Study of Social Change --- p.156 / Bibliography --- p.159 / Appendix I --- p.171

The life experiences of two first generation Hmong refugee women form the basis of this study. Through loosely structured but guided interviews, memories of their lives in Laos and in refugee camps in Thailand, as well as their perspectives, feelings, and opinions about current aspects of their lives, the effects of American culture on their family; and their engagement in the language and culture learning process are explored. An examination of the involvement of Hmong women in research and ethnographic accounts concerning Hmong culture, history, and experience, show that Hmong women's perspectives have often been overlooked or disregarded. One purpose of this study is to afford an opportunity to hear the voices of these Hmong women, whose lives are centered in the home and in maintenance of family, and whose responsibilities and cultural roles have limited their contribution to research and literature on the Hmong and their participation in refugee and immigrant resettlement and English language programs. The data for this study was collected in tape recorded interviews using an informal, loosely structured interview process: a conversational narrative rather than a formal oral history interview. This data was then transcribed and reconstructed to form both a chronological personal history and a view of the culture and current lives of the informants. The perspectives of the women in this study, revealed through the conversational narratives, are shown to reflect the informants past reality and demonstrate their attempts to adjust to a new cultural identity and environment. Moreover, conversational narratives and oral histories are shown to be potentially valuable resources for culture and language learning and suggest meaningful applications for English as a Second Language education and refugee resettlement.

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The focus of this study is an investigation of cross-channel exchanges represented in travelogues, historical works, journalism, letters and journals written by English women Frances Trollope, Lady Margaret Blessington, George Eliot and Julia Kavanagh on France and by French women Flora Tristan and Marie Dronsart on England. The work is based on the view that narratives about another culture betray preconceptions and beliefs and are never innocent descriptions. Nineteenth-century English descriptions of France, for instance, are not only marked by the stereotype of the gregarious French bon vivant but also by the often tense political relationship and economical concurrence between the two countries. French descriptions of England reflect the consciousness of England's superiority in the domains of economy, industry and colonialism as well as the stereotype of the boring, monosyllabic, haughty, egoistic and often xenophobic Englishman. Given that writings on the other culture are marked by practices and belief systems as well as notions of superiority and inferiority like texts emerging from a colonial context, ideas which have been developed in this field by scholars such as Sara Mills and Reina Lewis have been used as a basis for this investigation. I argue that the women whose texts I analyse strategically employ 'discourses of difference' (to use Sara Mills' term), or alignment and 'othering' in regard to nation, class, and political opinion, in order to gain positions which allow them to challenge contemporary ideologies of femininity. They take advantage of their positions in very different ways, according to their personal, class and economic situations, their agenda, and their gendered position within society which changes significantly during the century. The English women Frances Trollope, Lady Margaret Blessington, George Eliot and Julia Kavanagh construct themselves as part of the tradition of French salonnières from the seventeenth century to the present, while the French women Flora Tristan and Marie Dronsart align themselves with English travel writers, particularly Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. Through a careful construction of these foremothers, which often differed from other representations of them, they criticise gender politics in their own country and endeavour to normalise their own activities as intellectuals and writers, in the case of Tristan as a socialist and feminist activist. This strategy is complemented by 'othering' with regard to nation, class and political convictions which confers on the women an authoritative authorial voice and / or allows them to support their argument. They endorse ideologies of gender, nation and class at the same time as they reject some aspects of them. This study reveals new aspects of nineteenth-century discussions of the so-called 'woman question' through a broader approach which encompasses not only the parameters of gender, class and political orientation but also cross-cultural experience.

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Abstract not available. / Thesis (M.Soc.Sc.)-University of Natal, Durban, 1962.